Claim · model-written summary
Humic-based products increased maize grain weight to 53.5–166.8 g versus 43.2 g in controls.
- Treatment
- HSs based productse0
- Outcome
- grain weighte0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Value
- 53.5 g to 166.8 ge0
- Qualifier
- 43.2 ge0
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
e0“application of HSs based products enhanced plants plant height, stem girth, fresh and dry biomass and grain weight between 132.42 cm to 267.7 cm, 0.96 cm to 1.42 cm, 108.98 g to 346.92 g, 26.2 g to 65.6 g and 53.5 g to 166.8 g compared to control (109 cm, 0.92 cm, 98.12 g, 21.34 g and 43.2 g)”
t0“maize”
Title
Impact of nutrient enriched humic substances on growth of maize and soil health
Muhammad Zameer Khan Pure and Applied Biology 2023. doi:10.19045/bspab.2023.120159
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Humic-based products increased maize plant height to 132.42–267.7 cm versus 109 cm in controls.
- Intervention effect Humic-based products increased maize stem girth to 0.96–1.42 cm versus 0.92 cm in controls.
- Intervention effect Humic-based products increased maize fresh biomass to 108.98–346.92 g versus 98.12 g in controls.
- Intervention effect Humic-based products increased maize dry biomass to 26.2–65.6 g versus 21.34 g in controls.
- Intervention effect Nitrogen content increased from 0.52 to 1.94 g 100g -1 under the treatments.
- Intervention effect Phosphorus content rose from 0.20 to 0.58 g 100g -1 under the treatments.
- Intervention effect Potassium content rose from 1.68 to 2.60 g 100g -1 under the treatments.
- Intervention effect Humic-based products increased postharvest soil nutrient content relative to control.
- Intervention effect Humic-based products decreased postharvest soil pH relative to control.
- Recommendation The authors conclude the products could save 25% of recommended fertilizer use while improving maize growth and soil quality.